Toy



H. E. WILLIAMS.

TOY. APPLICATION HLED'Nov. 22, 1920.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

v Speoioation'of Letters Patent. Patented Mal- 7, 1922.

Application led November 22, 1920. Serial 170.425,770.

To all lwhom it may concem Be it known that I, HENRY E. WILLIAMS a citizen of the United States of America,-

and a resident of Lakeside, in the county of Chelan and State of Washington, have invented certain new .and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the acc'ompanyingdrawings, forming a art of this specification.

invention relates to a toy and has for its'oiiject the production of a simple and inexpensive toy which may be a source of pleasure as well as the means of a child obtaining the simple bodily exercise necessary to its health.

It is ,highly important in connection with toys of the class herein disclosed that there be nothing` in their use which may be detrimental to the health of the young user, it being a matter of common knowledge that many popular riding toys now in general use are looked upon with disfavor by physicians because the cramped position of the child while using the said toy tends to in jure the spine.

In the use ofmy improved toy because the body of the child is in a natural and comfortable position there is no danger of injury because of the use of the said toy.

Briefly stated the toy herein shown comprises a yielding seat mounted on .a support, Isaid support being shaped to represent an animal. The movement of the said seat is controlled by a spring, and hand-holds and foot-rests .are provided whereby the occupant of the seat may retain its position there'- upon. It will be understood that when a child is on. the seat, the seat bar will be ractically balanced, the weight of the child eing overcome by the tension of the spring, .and due to this condition the slightest pressure by the feet of the user upon the footrests will cause the seat to rise and the withdrawal of that pressure will cause the seat to fall. .K n

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying 'drawings wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it is to be understood that the invention comprehends changes, variations and modifications which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

Fig. I is a plan of my improved toy.

Flg. II centerpfmy devlce. v

I n the drawings 1 designates a baseboard whlchrests upon the Hoor, and is of suflielent length and j breadth to successfully support the device when it is in use. -Secured to the baseboard 1 and extending per endicularly therefrom is a support 2, sai Support being box-like in cross-section being composed of four walls with a cover or lid at the top thereof and having a representation of an animals head secured to its forward wall. l

A seat bar 3, in the form of a lever, is plvotally secured to the support 2 by means of a bolt 4 which passes throu h the rear.v

wall of the box-like support 2, t e said wall o f the support being slotted as at 5 to provlde space for the said seat bar to operate. At' one end of the seat-bar 3 is mounted `a .seat 6 upon which the user sits when the toy is 1n use.

Passing through the baseboard 1 and through the block that forms a part of the support 2 1s a bolt 7 which is provided with an eye at its Aupper end and is securely held in place by a nut 8. l

Formed in the seat-bar 3 adjacent the 0pposite end from the seat 6 is a slot 9 and passing throu h this slot is a bolt 10. j This bolt 10, it wil be noted, is provided with an eye similar to the eye formed in the bolt 7 and a spring 11 has its opposite ends passed through the eyes in the respective bolts.

Secured to the support 2 at the upper end thereof is a bar 12, the opposite ends of which are so shaped as to provide handhelds, and at a suitable distance below the pivoted seatbar is a .similar bar 13 which provides rests for the feet of the occupant of the seat, the seat-bar 3 being located between the bars 12 and 13.

It will now be seen that a child seated upon the seat 6 andgrasping the hand-holds 12 may by alternately applyin foot pres-y sure on the foot-rests and wlthr pressure obtain a motion similar to that obtained by the rider of a galloping horse and this with the figure of the animals head secured to the support 2 is all that is needed to complete f. the illusion.

It is an advantage to extend the is a vertical section through theawing this seat bar closed spring. Furthermore, the child will naturally grasp the stationary handhelds 12 and place its feet upon the foot-rests 13, these elements 12 and 13 being secured to the stationary box, or housing, 2 so as to provide very substantial supports for the child, While the arms as Well as the legs are exercised in using the toy.

Because of the difference in the weight of children it will be necessary to regulate the tension of the spring 11 and to accomplish this it will be only necessary to loosen the nut 10 and move the bolt 10 toward or away from the pivot bolt 4 and retighten the said nut in its new position.

Because the tension of spring will draw the nut 10' with its associated washer firmly against the top surface of the seat bar even when the said nut is loosened and thereby make it diiicult to move the said bolt, I provide a threaded rod 14 which passes through an internally A threaded bearing 15. This threaded rod 14 is rovided with a swiveled head 14 which em races the bolt 10. The threaded rod 14 can, therefore, be turned in the threaded bearing 15 to adjust the bolt 10 to any position within the slot 9.

I claim:

1. A toy comprising a support representing an animal, a seat bar pivotally mounted on said support, said seat bar being provided at one end with a seat, a spring one end of which is secured to the seat bar and the other end to the support, means whereby the tension of said spring may be regulated comprising a slot formed in said seat bar, a bolt to which the said spring is secured passing through the said slot, and

bolt to which the said spring is secured passing through said bolt, means whereby the said bolt maybe moved to any position within the slot comprising a threaded rod, an internally threaded bearing through which said threaded l'rod passes, said internally threaded bearing being secured to the said seat bar, the threaded rod being provided withA a swiveled head which embraces the bolt, and meanswhereby said bolt may be frictonally held in any position in which it is se @A toy of the character described comprising a housing, a head extending from said'housing, a lever pivoted to and extending into'said housing, the outer end of said lever being' provided with a seat and a balancing spring located within said housing and secured to the inner end of said lever.

4..A toy of the character described comprising a housing, a head extending from said'housing, a" lever pivoted to and extending into .said housing the outer en`d of said lever being provided with a seat, a balancing spring located within said housing andsecured to the inner end of said lever, stationary foot-rests secured to said housing at points below said lever, and stationary hand-holds secured to said' housing at points above said lever.

hereunto aix my signature.

HENRY E. WILLIAMS. 

